Comments on: Corrupted Callings: The Subtle Difference Between Finding Your Life’s Work and Loving Your Life http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/ Decoding Patterns of Success Tue, 22 May 2012 11:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dear CCF Freshmen « Forever curious, never serious. http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-27148 Dear CCF Freshmen « Forever curious, never serious. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:48:45 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-27148 [...] 5. The Competence Trap – the danger of living life on autopilot, and unfortunately how many people live their lives. http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-... [...]

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]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Transform It: Why Following Your Passion is the Wrong Way to Find Occupational Happiness http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-25483 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Transform It: Why Following Your Passion is the Wrong Way to Find Occupational Happiness Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:47:47 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-25483 [...] by lower living expenses. He finds the work challenging and feels recognized for his abilities: two crucial traits in loving what you do. Of equal importance, the pace of work is more reasonable than at his old office, giving him more [...]

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]]> By: Robert Maltz http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-24788 Robert Maltz Sun, 15 May 2011 00:49:20 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-24788 I am just amused by this drivel. You are assuming people have some kind of free choice allowing them to plan their lives to perfection and then carry their lans out. As an Asperger Syndrome person, I find that viewpoint ludicrous. For me, there are certain things I can and cannot do and certain lifestyles I can and cannot tolerate. By and large society is designed for the great majority and the options actually available are mostly impossible for me. I have to ignore competition and focus on my own destiny or I am dead in the water. I may be wrong but I think perhaps 2/3 of the creative serious achievers in history were Asperger people. Perhaps the rest of you don't really count, you're just competing with one another for purely narrow and selfish goals. Have fun! Get more stuff for yourselves! Get the jump on the competition! Out-compete them and then jump on their heads when they're down because they don't deserve to live! They're just losers! Remember, War is just Politics carried out in a different way, or maybe it should be Politics is just War carried out a different way. Who gets "success" and who gets "failure" is just a matter of Politics. I am just amused by this drivel. You are assuming people have some kind of free choice allowing them to plan their lives to perfection and then carry their lans out. As an Asperger Syndrome person, I find that viewpoint ludicrous. For me, there are certain things I can and cannot do and certain lifestyles I can and cannot tolerate. By and large society is designed for the great majority and the options actually available are mostly impossible for me. I have to ignore competition and focus on my own destiny or I am dead in the water. I may be wrong but I think perhaps 2/3 of the creative serious achievers in history were Asperger people. Perhaps the rest of you don’t really count, you’re just competing with one another for purely narrow and selfish goals. Have fun! Get more stuff for yourselves! Get the jump on the competition! Out-compete them and then jump on their heads when they’re down because they don’t deserve to live! They’re just losers! Remember, War is just Politics carried out in a different way, or maybe it should be Politics is just War carried out a different way. Who gets “success” and who gets “failure” is just a matter of Politics.

]]> By: Why You Can Get Pregnant but Can’t Find Your Passion | KATHRYN'S CONVERSATIONS http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-21334 Why You Can Get Pregnant but Can’t Find Your Passion | KATHRYN'S CONVERSATIONS Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:13:24 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-21334 [...] the competence trap. I read about the competence trap on one of my favorite author’s site,  Cal Newport . He describes the competent trap as a situation when you: Amass enough career capital to exert [...]

[...] the competence trap. I read about the competence trap on one of my favorite author’s site,  Cal Newport . He describes the competent trap as a situation when you: Amass enough career capital to exert [...]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Passion Must Be Actively Pursued, Not Passively Waited On — Welcome Zen Habits Readers http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-17223 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Passion Must Be Actively Pursued, Not Passively Waited On — Welcome Zen Habits Readers Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:36:16 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-17223 [...] Corrupted Callings: The Subtle Difference Between Finding Your Life’s Work and Loving Your Lif... [...]

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]]> By: Tawny http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-17135 Tawny Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:08:28 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-17135 I stumbled across your website today. Your posts are pure brilliance. In the course of the past few hours, I've managed to inhale an unhealthy amount of them. Thanks for providing your quite obviously very well thought out insight into the world, and best of luck with the rest of your graduate work. I stumbled across your website today. Your posts are pure brilliance. In the course of the past few hours, I’ve managed to inhale an unhealthy amount of them. Thanks for providing your quite obviously very well thought out insight into the world, and best of luck with the rest of your graduate work.

]]> By: The Competence Trap | Retirement Accounts | Retirement Tips http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-15117 The Competence Trap | Retirement Accounts | Retirement Tips Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:10:27 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-15117 [...] are very few posts in the blogosphere that I find worth bookmarking and revisiting. One such is a post by Cal Newport with the subtitle: “The Subtle Difference Between Finding You Life’s Work and Loving [...]

[...] are very few posts in the blogosphere that I find worth bookmarking and revisiting. One such is a post by Cal Newport with the subtitle: “The Subtle Difference Between Finding You Life’s Work and Loving [...]

]]> By: Traits of a Rich Life | Retirement Accounts | Retirement Tips http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-14990 Traits of a Rich Life | Retirement Accounts | Retirement Tips Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:56:42 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-14990 [...] Cal Newport, in his post, points to previous research as identifying three traits that must exist for a person to feel that they have a rich life. Thirty years of research has identified the following three traits to be crucial if you want a rich life: · Autonomy — control over how you fill your time. · Competence – mastering unambiguously useful things. · Relatedness — feeling of connection to others. [...]

[...] Cal Newport, in his post, points to previous research as identifying three traits that must exist for a person to feel that they have a rich life. Thirty years of research has identified the following three traits to be crucial if you want a rich life: · Autonomy — control over how you fill your time. · Competence – mastering unambiguously useful things. · Relatedness — feeling of connection to others. [...]

]]> By: Doris Blog » Blog Archive » Bookmarks for May 18th http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-14103 Doris Blog » Blog Archive » Bookmarks for May 18th Wed, 19 May 2010 23:07:01 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the-subtle-difference-between-finding-your-lifes-work-and-loving-your-life/#comment-14103 [...] Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Corrupted Callings: The Subtle Difference Between Finding Y... – [...]

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